"Hillary"? Don't you mean, "Clinton"?

I’ve attached a headline for an article that sheds light on the sexism that has taken place within this presidential election.  It is not the content of the article that caught my attention, but rather the mere title, as it states, “Rubio Gets in Solid Digs on Hillary and Obama While Describing His 1st Day as POTUS”.  This is one of many headlines that places emphasis on the names of politicians and identifies males with their last name and females with their first names.  This consequently promotes a sense of patriarchy in the mere acknowledgement of the candidates beings.  

Historically, the use of last names has been associated with a sense of power and respect.  Also historically, women have not had the equal opportunity of becoming as successful in a presidential race as Hillary Clinton has displayed.  Thus, putting political views aside, to see this hardworking candidate receive a decreased sense of authority and prestige in the media through calling her “Hillary” as opposed to “Clinton” when the male politicians in the same headline are referred to by their last name’s is a public acknowledgement of heteropatriarchy and gender bias.  Article headlines have immense power in shaping a reader’s initial perspectives and if a reader immediately sees one candidate placed in a subordinate position to the other, their perspective will inevitably be altered.